The Paley Center for Media
will focus on the achievements of women in media at its spring Paley
Center Honors gala in New York. The May 17 event will include a tribute
to Carol Burnett.
Among
the notables set to take part in the evening at Cipriani Wall Street
are Lauren Graham, Dorothy Hamill, Mariska Hargitay, Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, Julianna Margulies, Chrissy Metz, Tracee Ellis Ross,
María Elena Salinas, and Paula Zahn.
Actress
Marlo Thomas, known for her 1960s sitcom “That Girl” and the
groundbreaking 1970s special “Free to Be … You and Me,” will kick off
the evening with opening remarks.
“What’s
so compelling about women’s roles on television is that they have
reflected — and often instigated — the seismic changes that have taken
place in our culture for the last half century. In the early days of TV,
women were supposed to be perfect — innocent and chaste, cooperative
and never angry, an ideal wife and supermom,” Thomas said. “It took
warriors to break through and depict women in all their complex,
imperfect splendor — over-worked and loving, accomplished and insecure
while never losing sight of entertaining us — to make us laugh or cry or
think. It’s been quite a journey.”
Carol
Burnett has been a mainstay on TV since the 1960s, and she’s back in
the hunt this year with a comedy pilot that has strong buzz at ABC.
“I will
always be grateful for the opportunity to be on television as long
as I have. It is a wonderful and powerful medium that, when done well,
can impact millions of lives in a positive way,” Burnett said. “It’s
very exciting to take part in this special evening with these amazing
women.”
The
thematic focus on women in media follows Paley Center Honors events in
2015 and 2016 examining the history of African-Americans and Hispanics
in television.
“The
Paley Center is so proud to bring together this incredible gathering of
women for what promises to be a one-in-a-lifetime event.” said Paley
Center president-CEO Maureen Reidy.
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